Day 12: A Lawyer's Insights from Federal Prison - From Judgment to Sisterhood: The Power of Connection in the Unlikeliest Places
Rashmi Airan
Ex-Felon, Lawyer & CEO, Keynote Speaker | Sculpting Strategic Growth and Brilliance out of Struggle | Championing Unexpected Deeper Connections| Bollywood Dance Aficionado, Singer, and Corporate Change Leader
I thought I knew what to expect.
When I was sent to Pasco County Jail to testify in another case, I was terrified. In federal prison, county was known as a punishment—a place no one wanted to go. I had heard the horror stories. The power trips. The desperation.
And if I’m being honest, I judged the women I would now be locked up with before I even met them. I told myself I was different. I was educated. A lawyer. I had convinced myself that I didn’t belong there, not with them.
But they turned out to be a 24-year-old meth dealer, a prostitute, a heroin dealer, and a homeless woman.
And they became my sisters.
For 23 days, we cooked together, ate together, worked out together. We prayed. We cried. We shared our stories. We held each other up.
They weren’t monsters. They were human. Fallible. Just like me.
How dare I pass judgment?
What I learned is that connection isn’t about status, education, or where we come from. It’s about seeing each other fully, without labels or assumptions. It’s about having courageous conversations, choosing authenticity over judgment, and creating belonging in spaces where it seems impossible.
Prison, jail—none of it is black and white. I walked into Pasco County thinking I was different. I walked out knowing we were all the same.
We don’t have to be behind bars to build connection. We just have to start seeing each other.
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